Windows 8....

[JEDIYoda]

Took my wife to one of the local hospital for a follow up visit.....

They had just made the switch to windows 8...hmmmmm

Mind you this is the same hospital that only a year ago was still using windows 2000.....again another hmmmmmm

 

[Ketchup]

Took my wife to one of the local hospital for a follow up visit.....

They had just made the switch to windows 8...hmmmmm

Mind you this is the same hospital that only a year ago was still using windows 2000.....again another hmmmmmm

We've had customers do this with IBM software. Use something until it is super dead, then get the latest thing out. To the bean counters, this makes perfect sense.

 

[smakme7757]

A properly deployed Windows 8 isn't going to be any worse than Windows 7 - Windows 8 is more secure be design. As long as their software works, and as a hospital they would have tested the software within all margins of error, then there isn't a problem with it.

Everyone thinks "Modern UI"

Windows 8 isn't any more unstable than Windows 7. People will argue it is, but people argue about instability about all platforms currently available.

Proper testing and deployment is needed regardless of OS choice. I would presume that a hospital has done their research and testing to the best of their ability.

 

[colonelciller]

I look at hospital infrastructure (where mistakes and crashes can actually cause people to die) in a similar light to the way NASA approaches space missions (where mistakes and hardware or software crashes can destroy a billion dollar mission).

there is a reason that NASA never uses the latest and greatest technology.
it cannot possibly have been tested thoroughly enough to risk everything on.

food for thought.

 

[smakme7757]

I look at hospital infrastructure (where mistakes and crashes can actually cause people to die) in a similar light to the way NASA approaches space missions (where mistakes and hardware or software crashes can destroy a billion dollar mission).

there is a reason that NASA never uses the latest and greatest technology.
it cannot possibly have been tested thoroughly enough to risk everything on.

food for thought.

Embedded systems are completely different. Technology that NASA has in their spacecraft and stations are also completely different. The demands and requirements are different.

The fact the doctor runs Windows 8 doesn't exactly pose a threat to human life.

 

[Ketchup]

Embedded systems are completely different.
The fact the doctor runs Windows 8 doesn't exactly pose a threat to human life.

Well yeah. If their software works with 8, and the people at the hospital can use it, the longer they can go with good support, while not needing to shell out for an upgrade, at least as far as compatibility is concerned.

 

[smakme7757]

Well yeah. If their software works with 8, and the people at the hospital can use it, the longer they can go with good support, while not needing to shell out for an upgrade, at least as far as compatibility is concerned.

That would be my guess as well. Most public institutions want to get their moneys worth and the longest support contracts possible.

Of course as i mentioned in my first post good planning is what makes or breaks a roll out of a new OS.

As long as everything works that needs to work then I couldn't fault a roll out of Windows 8.